Sara George

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Band 1

Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Individuals)

UK-wide

1 Years Ranked

Band 2

Financial Crime: Individuals

London (Firms)

8 Years Ranked

Band 3

Corporate Crime & Investigations

London (Firms)

1 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Crisis & Risk Management 2025

About

Provided by Sara George

Practice Areas

SARA GEORGE is Sidley's lead Crisis Management and Strategic Response lawyer in Europe. She is a former prosecutor for the Financial Services Authority (FSA), and brought the first criminal prosecution by the FSA against a director for misleading the market (Regina v. Rigby and Bailey), the first Listing Rule contravention, numerous market abuse cases, and refusals of authorization.

Sara has extensive experience conducting independent and internal investigations, and representing corporations in crisis situations and in matters involving allegations of criminal misconduct, including market abuse, insider dealing, money laundering, cybersecurity breaches, fraud, corruption, and bribery.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK

Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Individuals) - UK-wide

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Sara George focuses her practice on representing individuals such as high net worth individuals. She maintains a notably strong practice at the intersection of financial crime and regulatory enforcement. She is adept at handling cross-border enforcement and investigations.

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Financial Crime: Individuals - London (Firms)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Sara George of Sidley Austin represents senior individuals and employees in investigations brought by the SFO and NCA as well as their foreign counterparts. She regularly advises on cases involving money laundering, bribery, insider trading and rate manipulation.

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Corporate Crime & Investigations - London (Firms)

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Sara George of Sidley Austin has a broad practice extending from internal investigations to compliance and self-reporting measures, advising on bribery, corruption and money laundering matters.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Sara delivered outstanding performance at every step of the process.

Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Individuals) respondent
UK

Sara has an innate understanding of how to resolve difficult regulatory conundrums.

Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Individuals) respondent
UK

Sara is super sharp and tenacious, which is exactly what’s required with aggressive prosecutors.

Financial Crime: Individuals respondent
UK

She has the ability to build confidence and ensures you're kept up to date and at the heart of any decisions made.

Financial Crime: Individuals respondent
UK

She has a wealth of knowledge and is multi-skilled. She always goes the extra mile to meet our needs.

Financial Crime: Individuals respondent
UK

She can quickly analyse the situation and provide the best legal advice to clients.

Corporate Crime & Investigations respondent
UK

She has a very impressive attention to detail and breadth of knowledge.

Corporate Crime & Investigations respondent
UK

She's professional and efficient.

Corporate Crime & Investigations respondent
UK

Sara impresses with her knowledge and ability to craft an experienced team of lawyers and understand the business and political landscape and how that impacts the client.

Corporate Crime & Investigations respondent
UK

Sara delivered outstanding performance at every step of the process.

Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Individuals) respondent
UK

Sara has an innate understanding of how to resolve difficult regulatory conundrums.

Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Individuals) respondent
UK

Sara is super sharp and tenacious, which is exactly what’s required with aggressive prosecutors.

Financial Crime: Individuals respondent
UK

She has the ability to build confidence and ensures you're kept up to date and at the heart of any decisions made.

Financial Crime: Individuals respondent
UK

She has a wealth of knowledge and is multi-skilled. She always goes the extra mile to meet our needs.

Financial Crime: Individuals respondent
UK

She can quickly analyse the situation and provide the best legal advice to clients.

Corporate Crime & Investigations respondent
UK

She has a very impressive attention to detail and breadth of knowledge.

Corporate Crime & Investigations respondent
UK

She's professional and efficient.

Corporate Crime & Investigations respondent
UK

Sara impresses with her knowledge and ability to craft an experienced team of lawyers and understand the business and political landscape and how that impacts the client.

Corporate Crime & Investigations respondent
UK

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Banking & Finance: Big-Ticket

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Sara George

UK Guide 2025

Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Individuals) + 2 more rankings

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Practice Areas

Chambers Review

UK

Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Individuals) - UK-wide

Individual Editorial

Financial Crime: Individuals - London (Firms)

Individual Editorial

Corporate Crime & Investigations - London (Firms)

Individual Editorial

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